2022 PVPMC – Salt Lake City

15th PV Performance Modeling Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Day 1: Tuesday August 23, 2022

Keynote Talk: 2021 PVPMC Modeling Comparison (Pending peer-reviewed publication)

Marios Theristis

Sandia National Laboratories

1. Solar Resource Data and Modeling

The Importance of Data Quality for Reducing the Uncertainty of Site-Adapted Solar Resource Datasets (7091 downloads )	Patrick Keelin	Clean Power Research
The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB): Recent Updates, New Developments and Status in 2022 (7018 downloads )	Manajit Sengupta	NREL
Solar ground measurements processing by automatic and manual tools (6949 downloads )	Jozef Dudzak	Solargis
Worldwide Benchmark of Modeled Solar Surface Irradiance (7112 downloads )	Adam Jensen	Technical University of Denmark

2. Submodel Development

The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS) (7410 downloads )	Yu Xie	NREL
Improved Heat Transfer Correlation for Large Scale Solar PV Convection Modeling (11820 downloads )	Raul Bayoan Cal	Portland State University
The Influence of System-Level Design Elements on Convective Cooling in PV Solar Farms (7190 downloads ) (Pending peer-reviewed publication)	Brooke Stanislawski	NREL
Modeling Electrical Shading Effects in PVsyst (11793 downloads )	Michele Oliosi	PVsyst	Recording link

3. Posters

A Photovoltaic Power Prediction Approach Enhanced by Feature Engineering and Stacked Machine Learning Model (6594 downloads )	Ibtihal Ait Abdelmoula	SIRC/LAGeS-EHTP, Hassania School of Public Works
Improving Analysis Methods for IEC 61853 Matrix Measurements (11656 downloads )	Steve Ransome	SRCL
Angular Response Correction Factors for Comparing PV Reference Cells and Thermopile Pyranometers (11656 downloads )	Michael Gostein	Atonometrics
Load-matching renewable plus storage system modeling in NREL SAM (2021.12.2r2) (11834 downloads )	Will Hobbs	Southern Company
Distribution Function Instead of Steady-State Assumption in Time-Series Simulation (11687 downloads )	Andy Walker	NREL
Hourly Modeling Corrections for PV Energy Assessments (11823 downloads )	Madison Ghiz	DNV
Overview of the Best Practices and Standards Development for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications (6848 downloads )	Aron Habte	NREL
The WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System: Development, Test, and Validation (6856 downloads )	Manajit Sengupta	NREL
Technoeconomic Analysis of changing PV System Layout and Convection Heat Transfer (6795 downloads )	Matthew Prilliman	NREL
The Triple-C Method for Correctly Simulating PV Clipping Loss (7196 downloads )	Tim Townsend	P.E. Davis, CA
How to Check if your PV System is Measuring Up to Expectations (11487 downloads )	Kenneth Sauer	VDE
Using Machine Learning for Predictive Modeling of Weather Impacts on Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems​ (6835 downloads )	Hector Mendoza	Sandia National Laboratories
Classification Method to Predict the Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (11537 downloads )	Jonathan Allen	Allen Analytics LLC
Recent Improvements in PV+Battery Modeling in NREL’s System Advisor Model (6960 downloads )	Brian Mirletz	NREL
A General Bifacial Photovoltaic Device Method to Predict System Performance with Albedo (11590 downloads )	Erin Tonita	University of Ottawa
Conductive Cooling of Solar Photovoltaic Modules in Unperturbed Atmospheric Conditions (11533 downloads )	Jace Davis	University of Utah
Evaluating PV Field Grounding Performance with Simulations for Lightning Transient Energy (13588 downloads )	Steven Weber	DEHN
Existing Field Performance Models Cannot Describe Perovskite Modules (11621 downloads )	Michael Deceglie	NREL
Fault Detection and Location on Photovoltaic Systems Using Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) (11092 downloads )	Cynthia Furse	University of Utah
Advanced Solar PV Energy Pre-Construction Losses: Losses due to uneven terrain, tracker wind stowing, and sub-hourly clipping error (11880 downloads )	Halley Darling	UL
Estimating Subhourly Clipping from Hourly Data: A Simplified Approach (11665 downloads )	Allison Mueller	Avangrid Renewables

4. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 1)

PV Performance Modeling with PVfit: Workflows that balance cost, complexity, and accuracy (2840 downloads )	Mark Campanelli	Intelligent Measurement Systems LLC	Recording link
pvlib python 2022 Update (7014 downloads )	Kevin Anderson	NREL	Recording link
Solecito: A Software Library for the Detailed Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays (6979 downloads )	Martin Herrerias Azcue	University of Stuttgart	Recording link

5. Modeling Tools and Software Updates (Part 2)

Automating the Solar Resource and Production Assessment (11695 downloads )	Annalise Miller	Avangrid Renewables	Recording link
Updates and Improvements in the Latest PVsyst Versions (6998 downloads )	Bruno Wittmer	PVsyst	Recording link
Recent and Planned Improvements to the System Advisor Model (SAM) (6849 downloads )	Janine Keith	NREL	Recording link
DALY Next Generation Solar + Storage Modeling Software (11793 downloads )	Josh Wirth	Daly Energy	Recording link

Day 2: Wednesday August 24, 2022

6. PV Tracking and Snow

Approaches to Sky Image Based Single Axis Tracker Algorithms (11840 downloads )	Ben Pierce	Sandia National Laboratories	Recording link
Performance Modeling and Analysis of Terrain-Following Single-Axis Tracking PV Systems (6996 downloads )	Amir Asgharzadeh Shishavan	Nextracker	Recording link
Bifacial Benefits in Snowy Conditions: Single Axis Tracking Field Observations in Modeling (11728 downloads )	Sara MacAlpine	juwi	Recording link
Validation of Industry Snow Losses (6941 downloads )	Halley Darling	UL	Recording link
Evaluating Energy Gains on Intelligent Tracker Control Algorithms with Alternating A-B Tests (11711 downloads )	John Moseley	Array Technologies	Recording link

7. PV Data Analysis and Analytics

Orange Button: Accelerating PV Capabilities by Facilitating Data Exchange (10614 downloads )	Cliff Hansen	Sandia National Laboratories	Recording link
PVAnalytics: A Python Package for Automated Processing of Solar Time Series Data (6969 downloads )	Kirsten Perry	NREL	Recording link
Advanced system monitoring and artificial intelligent data-driven analytics to serve GW-scale photovoltaic power plant and energy storage requirements (11747 downloads )	Juergen Sutterlueti	Gantner Instruments	Recording link
Large-Scale PV Plant Performance Benchmarking (11863 downloads )	Wayne Li	EPRI	Recording link
Soiling Measurement Data Processing to Support Production Loss Prediction (7114 downloads )	Julie Chard	GroundWork Renewables	Recording link

8. Bifacial PV

Irradiance Uniformity Mapping Module (11654 downloads )	Daniel Zirzow	CFV Labs	Recording link
Validation of In-Situ I-V Measurement Device for PV System Monitoring Applications (7049 downloads )	Audrey Marquis	Atonometrics	Recording link
Improved Tracking Schemes for Half-Cut Photovoltaic Modules (11804 downloads )	Aron Dobos	Nextracker	Recording link
Comparison of ray tracing rendering technique with ground measurements for improved solar radiation modeling (12017 downloads )	Tomas Cebacauer	Solargis	Recording link